From ancient peace treaties to a six-year-old’s information black market, the deal has always been everything. I witnessed a black-market information exchange at my local park last week. The younger party was offering assets. The older party controlled the intelligence. Neither side was willing to compromise. As the situation threatened to escalate into open conflict,…
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The Mr Darcy Myth Unveiled
The rom-com that made me question whether women actually want Mr Darcy There is something both comforting and dangerous about reading Me and Mr Darcy as a lifelong fan of Pride and Prejudice. Comforting because Alexandra Potter clearly adores Austen’s world and knows exactly what Austen readers want. Dangerous because somewhere between the time travel,…
Read MoreTime to Die or Time to Live?
What if you knew the exact moment you were going to die? Not in a vague, philosophical sense, but with absolute clarity, a fixed date and time quietly waiting for you somewhere in the future. It’s the kind of idea that sounds strangely comforting at first, as if certainty might offer some control over the…
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